CFP: [Cultural-Historical] Drive Culture - New Journal

full name / name of organization:

Michelle Martin

contact email:

mi.martin@temple.edu

DRIVE CULTURE - New Online JournalCALL FOR PAPERS

Feel free to submit to one or more of the following:

1. Today it has become a critical commonplace to treat even the mostbanal and embarrassing examples of popular culture as complexarticulations of theoretical concepts. This approach seeks to sanctionpopular culture as an appropriate object of academic study, but in theact of sanctioning perpetuates the very disparity it hopes to overcome.Moreover, these theoretical expositions of popular culture are typicallyperformed within the confines of an academic space. What might be theunintended consequences of this arrangement and how might we reconfigurethe relationship between theory and popular culture? We are looking forpapers that respond to these questions, however, the answers need not bearticulated explicitlyâ€”any paper that inventively combines the popularand the theoretical is already an implicit commentary on the relationshipbetween the two. We are especially hoping to provide provocativecounterexamples to the common approach, rather than simply dwell on itsproblems. Papers should be brief (between 2000 and 4000 words) andoriginal. Formal experimentation is encouraged, since it may be necessaryto push the borders of the academic in order to approach the popular.

2. In a kind of perversion of the spirit of Wikipedia, Drive Culturewants to create an encyclopedia that actively aims at a non-totalizationof knowledge. Such an encyclopedia would make no pretense to objectivity,but would instead amplify the subjective by allowing multiple entries onsingle topics. Our hope is that the more we add to it, the less we willknow. For our first issue, we would like to start with the letter â€œA.â€ Weare especially on the lookout for subjects that have escaped Wikiâ€™sradar. Entries should be no more than 750 words and should not hesitateto depart from the objective, didactic approach of the standardencyclopedic entry through humor, absurdity or sarcasm. Any â€œAâ€ word isacceptable, but here is a list of suggestions to encourage multipleresponses to the same subject:

3. We are also looking for reviews of published material (print orelectronic) and reports on events pertaining to the subject matter of thejournal. 500-1500 words.

Submissions:Illustrations, graphics, and links to site-external media should beinserted into the body of the work at the appropriate points. If youwould like to embed media such as video or sound clips within the work,please indicate this in your submission and we will contact you forfurther information.

By email:submisssions_at_driveculture.comPlease include SUBMISSIONS in the subject line. Microsoft Wordattachments are encouraged, but for shorter pieces you may paste the bodyof the work into the email.